Our Leadership Team

Kim Thomas | Managing Director
Kim is a Chartered Engineer (Leadership & Management, Civil Engineer and ITEE), RPEQ (Civil, ITEE) and Fellow of Engineers Australia as well as a Prince 2 qualified project manager. Kim has extensive experience in transport system delivery from planning studies, architectures and system requirements through to detailed design of roads, motorways and tunnels in Australia and internationally.

Praveen Perera Kurukulasooriya | ITS Engineering Lead
Praveen is a Chartered Engineer (Electrical & ITEE) and RPEQ specialising in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Lighting. Praveen has a Communications, Electrical and Control Systems engineering background, with experience working in design, installation, testing and commissioning on major infrastructure projects.

Ivan Orjuela | Project Managment Lead
Ivan is a Chartered Engineer (ITEE, Project Management, Asset Management), RPEQ (ITEE) and Project Management Professional (PMI) with extensive engineering and multidisciplinary team leadership experience. His expertise includes project & program management, maintenance leadership, data gathering and analysis and process analysis/improvement

Laurie Petersen | ITS & Traffic Systems Specialist
Laurie is a Principal Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in traffic engineering and ITS design and road network management. His career spans over 45 years with the Brisbane City Council and consulting to the Department of Transport and Main Roads and various Tier 1 consultancies as a key advisor on major infrastructure works across Australia.